Feel like yourself, not like your pain.

Center for Pain Management

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Helping You Gain Control: Enjoying Life Again

When pain is a part of your life, little else matters. Living with pain
can affect your emotional and physical well-being, as well as your
relationships with family, friends and co-workers. Often you lose the
ability to remain involved in the activities you love. It can be
difficult to find relief, and it’s easy to become discouraged. But
giving in to pain is not the answer.

At Columbia St. Mary’s we can help you manage and sometimes eliminate
your pain. Our goal is to help you regain control and enjoy a quality of
life that helps you feel like yourself again.

Before the Treatment Plan: Identifying the Causes of Pain

There are many causes and degrees of pain. You may first experience pain
following an on-the-job injury or a motor vehicle accident. Your pain
could also be the result of a chronic illness, surgery or a degenerative
medical condition or illness.

Typically pain responds to standard medical care or resolves itself over
time. However, if your pain lasts beyond the time normally needed for
healing, it becomes known as "chronic pain." When you experience chronic
pain you may find that it reduces your activity level, and affects your
ability to sleep and cope with every day stress. As a result, you may
experience fatigue and mood changes. These problems then add to your
suffering and discomfort, causing a complex problem that requires a
specialized treatment approach.

Treatment Goals: Improving Your Quality of Life

Our goal is to improve your quality of life by helping you regain
control, increase your comfort level and return to the lifestyle you
enjoyed prior to the illness or injury causing your pain.

Services at the Center for Pain Management include a thorough initial
assessment and a customized treatment plan that might consist of:

Additional diagnostic testing as indicated

Occupational therapy

Physical therapy

Interventional pain management techniques

Medication management

Behavioral medicine referral options

Patient education

Instruction in pain self-management strategies

Center for Pain Management Locations

Columbia St. Mary’s offers pain management services at several
locations. To schedule a pain management appointment call 414-585-1075
for all locations.